Psalms 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
KJV
Sacrificate sacrificium justitiæ, et sperate in Domino. Multi dicunt : Quis ostendit nobis bona ?
Vulgate
θύσατε θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, καὶ ἐλπίσατε ἐπὶ Κύριον.
LXX
Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
ASV
זִבְח֥וּ זִבְחֵי צֶ֑דֶק וּ֝/בִטְח֗וּ אֶל יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
זֶ֣בַח
zbch
noun · 160×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Neither does the renewed confidence of perseverance produce immorality or lack of concern for godliness in those who have been restored after a fall, but it produces a much greater concern to observe carefully the ways of the Lord which God prepared in advance. They observe these ways in order that by walking in them they may maintain the assurance of their perseverance, lest, …
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:11 — Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
- 1Kgs 3:11 — And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for
- 2Sam 22:29 — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
- Acts 2:28 — Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
- Eccl 5:20 — For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
- Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Exod 33:15 — And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
- Exod 33:18 — And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- Gen 17:18 — And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
- Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 29:24 — If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
- John 4:15 — The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
- Matt 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- Num 6:26 — The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
- Num 6:26 — The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
- Prov 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
- Ps 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Ps 21:6 — For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
- Ps 31:16 — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 34:12 — What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
- Ps 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto t
- Ps 61:3 — For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
- Ps 63:3 — Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Ps 67:1 — God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Ps 67:1 — God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Ps 80:3 — Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 80:7 — Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 80:19 — Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
- Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
- Ps 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
- Ps 119:135 — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 119:135 — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
- Rev 22:4 — And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.